Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-06-10
DAKOTA NEWS.

The saloon license at Clear Lake is
now only $50.
The Hermosa Pilot is year old and
healthy child.
Barnes County pays cents apieoc for
gopher tails.
Government land may still ho had in
sully county.
There are said to be $50 farmers alli-
ances in Dakota
The young folks of Forest City have
organized a riding club.
"A musical association has been organ
lied at Like Preston.
The weekly Huronitc, of Huron, is 6
years old and healthy.
james Gordsen has been appointed
auditor of Moody county.
A stock company has been formed at
jamestown to lore for gas.
Extensive mica beds are said to have
been discovered near Minot.
"A six hours rain at Pierre few days
ago did the crops great benefit.
la no Part of the Union will you find
better schools than in Dakota.
Investigation shows that the cattle
plague at Darlington is not pleuro.
Frank BeltZ, a Cass county farmer,
was fatally injured by horses kick.
The Rapid City M ming schools sur
yey OF the Black Hills is under way.
A Hishmore man anchors his house to
mother earth with long half inch iron rods.
Susie Warner, the girl whose arm was
torn Off in Fargo laundry recently, died.
Brown county will vote upon the ques-
tioE of relocating the county seat on July
12
Scotland hopes for the establishment
of a linseed Oil mill in that town this sum-
mer.
An effort is being made at Glendale
to close the saloons under the local option
law.
Crop reports from some por-
tons of North Dakota are not encour-
aging.
Capt. Lucas, of Chamberlain, will de-
liver the Fourth of July Grafton at Heron
Lake, MINI.
The A. o. q. w. lodge are making
preparations to build a two story bulldin o
at Iroquois.
Huron has an amateur Mikado COM
pany, which is expected to appear in pub
lie before long.
Two men named Peterson and Conrad
engaged in stabbng atfray near Bath
gate. Peterson will die.
- The reported discovery of petroleum
IN the Turtle mountains is likely to cause
stampede in that direction.
The Rapid City, Wyoming and West
ern Railroad company has been perma-
nently organized and incorporated.
Kentucky blue grass, timothy and clo-
yer do splendidly in South Dakota and are
rapidly driving out the wild grasses.
Pierre almost made it unanimous on
the question of aid to the Duluth road, the
vote being 100 to 2 in faver of the tax
In the competitive examination of
-four at Minneapolis, the Aberdeen roller
mill -four took first place over all other en-
tries.
The hearts Of the Red men at Flan-
drecu were made glad lat ely by the recep-
ton of twenty six horses from the United
States.
Il. j. Clark has sued Clark G. Coats,
at Sioux Falls, for $4,000 damages in con.
sequence of Coats failing to carry out a
trade he had agreed to.
The first settlement of Tower county
was three years ago. The county now has
1000 population and SO far but two deaths
have occurred in the county.
Fargo has new paper, the journal,
edited and published by D. L. Fry, news
paper man of experience and ability. The
paper is politically independent.
Three OF the five Codlngton county
commissioners are prohibitionists, and
have already passed resolution refusing
to license any saloons in the county.
"A company has been organized at
Sioux Falls for the manufacture of the
Cooley hay stacker. The machine is the
invention of farmers of Osceola, 10.
The preliminary examination of DR..
Elliott, charged with manslaughter in the
first degree, has baen commenced at COL
umbia.
"A Pleasant Lake farmer who has a
we'll of nice cool water, charges two cents
drink of the thirsty travellers who stop at
his place.
A damage suit for s25, 900 will be tried
in Sanborn county next term of court. The
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul Railway
company is defendant.
Seven thousand men and 5000 teams
are at work in Northern Dakota building
the Manitoba Railroad. The force is dis
tributed over distance of 1876 miles.
-Fargo's new hotel will be built of
brick, is to be four stories high and sup
piled with IN elevator and all modern con-
veniences. The cost is estimated at $780,
600.
Good farms near fourishing towns
may be bought to-day in South Dakota for
from SIS to $40 an acre. In less than five
years they will be worth from $50 to $50
On acre.
Shit has been commenced oooinct +ho